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Day 246 - Revelation 8
Tuesday, December 12, 20175 minutes a day 5 days a week - a year of Bible Wisdom
Day 245 - Revelation 7
Monday, December 11, 20175 minutes a day 5 days a week - a year of Bible Wisdom
In Remembrance Of Him
Monday, December 11, 2017Should we take communion every Sunday? Acts 20:7?Sincerely,
On A Schedule
Dear On A Schedule,
Taking communion is a weekly thing – no more, no less. Christ told us that whenever we take the Lord’s Supper, we should do it in remembrance of Him (Lk 22:19), but He never said how often. It isn’t until the book of Acts that we see how often the church observed the Lord’s Supper. In Acts 20:7, we see that christians ‘broke the bread’ in remembrance of Christ on Sundays. That is when they did it, so that is when we do it. You are very wise to cite this verse in your question because it is the only example we have in the Bible of the timing of the Lord’s Supper.
Paul says that we are to take the Lord’s Supper when the church is gathered together (1 Cor 11:20). Taking the Lord’s Supper is an act of worship done by every congregation of the Lord each Sunday. When we take a look at all the teaching on the Lord’s Supper, we get the truth (Ps 119:160). Christ commands that we do it in remembrance of Him, the church gives us the example of doing it on the first day of the week, and Paul teaches that we should do it when we are assembled as a church.
Day 244 - Revelation 6
Friday, December 08, 20175 minutes a day 5 days a week - a year of Bible Wisdom
Reporting For Duty
Friday, December 08, 2017If a member of a church of Christ goes to a military branch, ends up fighting in a war, and kills men, will he still be a member of the church? And will he still be okay spiritually?Sincerely,
Sgt. Unknown
Dear Sgt. Unknown,
There is nothing wrong with being a soldier; some of the most faithful men in the Bible were soldiers and had to kill people in the defense of their country. David was a man after God’s own heart (1 Sam 13:14), and yet David killed many people as a soldier. Jesus marveled at the faith of a centurion soldier (Matt 8:8-10). The first Gentile convert was Cornelius, a well-known Roman soldier (Acts 10:22). When a group of soldiers asked John the Baptist what they needed to do to live a faithful life, he told them to be honest and faithful… but he never told them to stop serving in the military (Lk 3:14).
Lord willing, most christian soldiers will never have to kill anyone, but if they did, it won’t be murder (read “Kill Or Be Killed” for more on that topic). Being a soldier is an honorable profession.